Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Service provision in Tanzania is high than agriculture

The service sector is said to be contributing to the
constant rate of 48 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (DGP) compared to 27
percent currently being contributed by the agriculture sector in the country. The
Director General of Tan-Trade Jacqueline Maleko said yesterday in Dar es Salaam
when she analyzed the rate at which the provision of education is growing in
the country and noted that, the rate is moving faster resulting into the
mushrooming of private schools whose quality of education is still low. Jacqueline
made a remark in a press conference whereby a Dar es Salaam based Global
Education Link Ltd announced plans to organize an international education
exhibition forum that aims to address challenges facing education system in the country.The exhibition to be held between 10th
and 14th next month, would be organized in collaboration with the
Prime Minister’s office and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and
the Tan-Trade organization. However, with her remarks she cautioned
that, together with high degree of service oriented capacity of education in
the country, people have to weigh the trend and choose which quality of
education that would suit their standards of living. However, she said that,
despite of high rate of registration of students in schools from primary level
to higher learning institutions, still education system in the country is not
stable a factor which requires regular reforms by the authorities concerned. Elaborating
more on the trend of education system in the country, she noted that the
current curriculum in use does not give an ample opportunity for youths to be
able to employ themselves and even if are graduated does not fit them for
employment a reason that in most service giving companies fewer Tanzanians are employed. “You would see
in most hotels and other service giving international companies accredited in
the country, there are fewer Tanzanians in employment rates other than Kenyans
and Ugandans who have explored the market opportunities”, she said urging
Tanzanians to choose better education being provided in better schools in the
country for their future development. Earlier, the Managing Director of Global Education Link, told a press
conference that during the 5 day occasion parents and youths will get chance
together with other things, know best educational institutions that provides
quality education for prospective grandaunts. Elaborating
more about the exhibition, he noted that it will showcase various educational
activities being conducted by various institutions at all levels from primary
to higher learning institutions.He said the main aim of the exhibition is to identify and bring together
local education stakeholders who would use the opportunity to showcase their
educational products to enlighten the general public on issues concerning basically
with the education matters in the country.However, he noted that private sectors such as suppliers,
sellers and producers of the educational equipments and other stakeholders
would use the opportunity to showcase their products.He further mentioned financial
institutions such banks, pension funds, communication companies who provide
sponsorships to some Tanzanians to join various higher learning institutions
are also expected to attend to showcase their products to the targeted
individual mostly prospective students.Speaking in an elusive interview, Mollel elaborated more
and said that, he is optimistic that the five days set for this important
international event would bring greater benefits and positive challenges in the
education sector in the country which currently is striving for the
achievements of Big Results Now.He said among the important things the general public is expected to
know is the registration status of various institutions and how they provide
quality education. Others are how to acquire loans from various companies
including Higher Education Learning Students’ Board (HELSB).Others he noted is that, parents would
get carrier cancelling about various professional courses being administered
and produced by the respective institutions which they would like their
children to learn as per the economic status of the country.

AWARD 1

I won the second prize in policy category of the African Information society Initiative ( AISI) awards 2004 which is annually organized by the United Nations- Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA) based in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. On the first photo above standing with other awardees after the Ceremony at the National Settlers monument in Grahamstown, South Africa.This was during the 8th Highway Africa Conference.The second photo shows the cross section of Jounalists from different African countries who attended the ceremony.

AWARD 2

I also won the AISI-GKP/SDC Media Award special reporting on WSIS process and Africa, and conferred with the award in Tunis, Tunisia during WSIS summit in 2005. See the photo above.

AWARD 3

Winner on the Media Competition on writing about " Stigma denial and Discrimination" associated with HIV/AIDS. This was organized by theAssociation of Journalists Against Aids in Tanzania ( AJAAT). On the Photo above President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania, ( then the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) was the guest of honour during the award giving ceremony.This was at Maelezo auditorium in Dar-es-Salaam September 2005.

AWARD 4

Winner on the Media Competition on writing about "Vulnerable Children" associated with HIV/AIDS This was organized by the Association of Journalists Against Aids in Tanzania ( AJAAT)

AWARD 5

Winner of the National ICT Media Award organized By SWOPNET in the Country. On the photo above Morogoro Regional Commissioner, Brigadier General ( Rt) Saidi Kalembo was the guest of honour during the award giving ceremony which was held at New Sarvoy Hotel in morogoro town.I was awarded a Mobile phone and a tape-recorder.

AWARD 6

I participated in the Media Competition in writing about VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) in Tanzania which was held between July 15th and October 30th 2008 whereby I emerged among the top five winners. The competition was under the program known as “Tanzania bila Ukwimwi inawezekana” which literally means, Tanzania without AIDS disease transmission is possible”. This is a program which was organizedby the Association of Journalists Against AIDS in Tanzania (AJAAT) under TACAIDS funding. In the photo, I am being presented with a certificate of participation by the Chairman of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) Dr. Fatma Mrisho in a colorful ceremony which was held on 22nd December 2008 at Tanzania Information Centre in Dar es Salaam.

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AWARD 9

I was among the top 17 best selected students who excelled in their final examinations of the 2010/2011 academic year and awarded with the Vice-Chancellor’s prize. I scored 4.5 GPA (First Class) in BA in Journalism. Above I am being given a certificate by the Chairman of the Open University of Tanzania Board of Senate. Standing at the centre facing camera is the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tolly Mbwette. Extreme left partly hidden is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Elifas Bisanda. This occasion took place during the convocation meeting, a day before the graduation day at the prospective permanent headquarter of the Open University of Tanzania which is currently under construction at Bungo-Kibaha in Coast region 40 kilometers away west of Dar es Salaam city.